In the first week of January 2013, social network giant Facebook started testing free voice calls in Canada via its Messenger app. From January 16, the company started testing free voice calls for iPhone users in the US and in March, Canadian Android users got free Voice Calling. And now the good news is Facebook Voice Calling is available to all US users.
There are many Windows 8 thin and high-end laptops, but very few laptops pack both of these. Recently, Japanese electronics company Toshiba has announced a new laptop named KIRAbook, which is the very first device under the new brand for consumers, called KIRA. KIRAbook is a thin as well as a high-end laptop. It comes with 13.3-inch display along with a very high-resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels and is a tough competitor to Apple’s Retina display equipped MacBook Pro.
Facebook has recently rolled out a number of new updates to both its desktop and mobile versions. Both the iOS and Android apps of the social network have received a number of new features. Chat Heads, stickers and a redesigned News Feed had been added to the iOS app whereas the new Facebook Home has landed on the Android app.
Apple’s iOS operating system and Google’s Android has captured around 90 percent of smartphone market OS share, according to IDC. They seems to have a competitor who is still young, but can ignite serious competition — Firefox OS. Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs announced at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference that, Firefox OS is going to be launched in five countries this summer.
Facebook Home, a free software that shows users the latest updates from their friends and enables users to reply them without having to open a separate app, was announced on April 4. The Facebook Home for Android was released formally on April 12. Recently, some websites have reported that Facebook was in talks with Apple and Microsoft over Facebook Home integration into iPhone and Windows Phone. But it’s not true.
Politics dictates to retain the leadership position one shouldn’t be just content with one’s popularity, but should also make sure that one’s rivals don’t get to popular. Samsung Electronics Taiwan (SET) seems to have applied the philosophy against HTC in the latter’s home ground. The result is a newly launched investigation by the Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission into Samsung over allegations of foul play.
Earlier, we have seen the Archos GamePad, a portable gaming system running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Today, we have the IbenX GamePad, a 7-inch gaming tablet that also runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and comes with built-in game controllers similar to the Archos GamePad.
It is being speculated that Google will initially unveil Motorola X at its annual Google I/O event next month. Earlier we have heard a lot of rumors regarding the release date of this device. But a latest rumor is swirling around that the release date of Motorola X has been postponed till August.